Jim Ray
James Francis Ray (Sting)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 1, 1944 in Rock Hill, SC
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1965
Final Game: September 30, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 HOU NL 20 P 3 2 7.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.52 1.00 .967 2.11 0.80
1966 HOU NL 21 P 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70
1968 HOU NL 23 P 41 2 81.0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.22 0.27 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 HOU NL 24 P 40 13 115.0 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.40 .956 1.95 0.78
1970 HOU NL 25 P 52 2 105.0 22 4 17 1 1 .955 1.80 0.40 .950 1.85 0.71
1971 HOU NL 26 P 47 1 97.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.83 0.19 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 HOU NL 27 P 54 0 90.1 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.22 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 HOU NL 28 P 42 0 69.0 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.70 0.31 .946 1.88 0.73
1974 DET AL 29 P 28 0 52.1 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.89 0.39 .945 1.81 0.83
9 Seasons P 308 20 618.0 98 26 70 2 1 .980 1.40 0.31 .952 1.89 0.77
9 Seasons TOT 308 20 618.0 98 26 70 2 1 .980 1.40 0.31 .932 1.89 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 HOU NL 20 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 21 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HOU NL 23 42 2 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 HOU NL 24 40 13 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 25 52 2 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 26 47 1 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 27 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 28 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 29 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 309 20 281 309 308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 HOU NL 20 41 68% 10% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 21 1 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HOU NL 23 300 70% 21% 8 88% 0 2 0 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1969 HOU NL 24 466 64% 17% 10 90% 0 4 0 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1970 HOU NL 25 430 73% 24% 19 95% 0 3 1 1 17 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1971 HOU NL 26 380 79% 25% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 HOU NL 27 400 76% 27% 10 90% 0 6 1 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 HOU NL 28 315 79% 25% 9 100% 0 4 0 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1974 DET AL 29 237 76% 29% 9 100% 0 1 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
9 Seasons 2570 74% 23% 72 94% 0 23 2 17 68 58 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 17 94%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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